Heroines of the Missionary Enterprise, Or, Sketches of Prominent Female MissionariesTicknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 - 359 pages |
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... vessel , or flow through the windows into the cabin . Mrs. Newell spent her time in writing letters to her American friends , and preparing herself for her missionary work . She now had leisure to examine her own heart , and descend ...
... vessel , or flow through the windows into the cabin . Mrs. Newell spent her time in writing letters to her American friends , and preparing herself for her missionary work . She now had leisure to examine her own heart , and descend ...
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... vessel encoun- tered storm and tempest , the usual inconveniences of a sea voyage were endured , and danger in a thou- sand threatening forms appeared , but the hand which formed the channels of the sea , preserved his servants , and ...
... vessel encoun- tered storm and tempest , the usual inconveniences of a sea voyage were endured , and danger in a thou- sand threatening forms appeared , but the hand which formed the channels of the sea , preserved his servants , and ...
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... vessel may be on fire , she may fill with water , she may be riven by lightning , but there is no friendly sail to which wrecked man may fly and be safe . His ship will founder in mid - ocean , while not a single form appears to lend ...
... vessel may be on fire , she may fill with water , she may be riven by lightning , but there is no friendly sail to which wrecked man may fly and be safe . His ship will founder in mid - ocean , while not a single form appears to lend ...
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... vessel , and gazed upon the wonders of the deep . Each wave , as it dashed against the sides of the brig , or rolled across her decks , seemed impressed by the hand of God ; and in these scenes she real- ized , more than ever before ...
... vessel , and gazed upon the wonders of the deep . Each wave , as it dashed against the sides of the brig , or rolled across her decks , seemed impressed by the hand of God ; and in these scenes she real- ized , more than ever before ...
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... vessel were profane and irreligious , the weather boisterous and unpleasant , while the spirits of the missionaries themselves were at a low ebb . For some time no progress was made , and the frown of Providence seemed to rest upon them ...
... vessel were profane and irreligious , the weather boisterous and unpleasant , while the spirits of the missionaries themselves were at a low ebb . For some time no progress was made , and the frown of Providence seemed to rest upon them ...
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Page 203 - Must I be carried to the skies On flowery beds of ease, While others fought to win the prize, And sailed through bloody seas...
Page 92 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Page 81 - For Him shall endless prayer be made, And praises throng to crown His head ; His name like sweet perfume shall rise With every morning sacrifice.
Page 6 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till, o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb, for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Page 309 - God o'erhead ! /!Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Page 133 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 81 - JESUS shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run ; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
Page 119 - Welcome to a Land of Rest ! Thus the choir of angels sing, As they bear the soul on high, While with hallelujahs ring All the regions of the sky.
Page 141 - Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb; Take this new treasure to thy trust, And give these sacred relics room Awhile to slumber in the dust.
Page 98 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on His breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there.